Yeah I suck... BUT!

Been buried with work and holidays.  Even the other blog has been suffering.  In the mean time go check out the Team Heron Suzuki Flickr page.  AMAZING stuff there and it goes on for 300 pages!!.

Special Thanks to regular contributor Travis Lawson for the hook-up!

Back shortly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamheronsuzuki/

A sweet T500 from ou regular contributor Ted Guthrie.

Hell of a nice deal!  Exactly the type of bikes people dream of finding..  Thanks Ted. And sorry for the long delay in getting this posted.Not sure what happened there.

Hi, Steve. Thought I'd share with you the great barn find I brought home recently. It's a 1973 Suzuki T500 Titan, with 4,000 original miles on it. Although far from perfect cosmetically due to plain old aging, it is in amazing condition. All I did to get it look as it does in these pictures was to wash it. Torn fork gaitors show, as well as a broken lock on the gas cap - hence my baggie/rubber band seal. Tape on the tank is my label reminding me there is no fuel in it. Haven't tried to fire it up yet, as I intend to go through the carbs and ignition first. Dig the condition of the seat and tires. They're exactly as when I got the bike. No Armorall on 'em or anything. Nearly 40 years old. Amazing. What a survivor. Ted Guthrie PS: Please see also, pic of parts and pieces of '75 Bultaco 350 Alpina I am putting together. 1960 Triumph Tiger Cub is next in line, too.

I love this bike..

I followed the build thread for this bike for quite a while over on the 2 Stroke World Forum and today I got an e-mail from Ben Alameda with these fantastic pics! I'm a huge fan Ben! Thanks Much! He writes in:

Hey there, Love the blog I always follow up on it every week. Here are some pics of my custom 1973 rd350, I hand made all the aluminum body work and fenders from scratch. I also designed and built the pipes myself from stainless. The front wheel is a highly modified motoguzzi eldorado hub which was machined heavily, I added airscoops to both the front and rear drums. I also reinforced the frame with gussets. -Ben Alameda

What a beauty. I've tried banging out a few panels over the years and this sort of skill is almost god given. I don't often get envious but this is one of those times. Just superb!

Stunner of an RD350 Restomod.

From Ted Brecheisen:

Great blog site! I submitted some pics of my 78' Honda Hawk bobber July 2010, thanks for posting and good words. I know that a lot of the bikes that are on the 2-stroke blog are modified to radical so I thought it might be of interest to see a stocker. We found this great 1975 RD350 in excellent condition hiding in a service department of a local Yamaha dealer. As is typical, money was needed by the owner so we provided $$. Only a few things are not original. The ignition was replaced with an electronic version from Vintage Smoke, and hi-output coils from HVC Cycle as well as the front master cylinder. This is a rider and these changes make it a pleasure to ride. Everything was taken apart and cleaned or buffed. Even the "orange peal" in the tank close up is original. That was the way some of them came in 75' as Japanese paint standards were not very good. Thanks

Wow! A 1978 Hercules 250 Enduro-Sachs 2-stroke engine, 7 Speed Gearbox,

And it's for sale!  No I don't know the owner or the bike.

Problems with some of the very early posts..

When I started this blog I was linking my photos on a host called Village Photos.  Well as it so happens that company is now out of business and shut down so most of the photos that date back to the very early days of the blog are likely not going to show up any longer.  The good news is that I do have everything stored, backed up and archived locally so if there is an old blog post that interests you and the photo is not appearing send me an e-mail (mcpotd@gmail.com) and I’ll do what I can to track it down and get it re-posted and re-linked.
Sorry for the inconvenience.  I should have kept to the more stable and popular hosting sites but this one had a lot of cool features that worked really well with e-bay auctions and such.  And who knows, they may get back up eventually.  From searching around there’s a ton of angry customers out there.

A new blog focusing on a few bikes that have been posted on here.

Aaron Pierson wrote in a while back to tell me about his new blog, "Peace And Wheelies" which features a few bikes that have been posted here along with the restoration of his H1R project.  Check it out!

A few more Sam Simmons "Buzz Bomb" pics.

Sam Sam Simons writes in with a few more of his "Buzz Bomb" pics

Hello Steve, Here's an old project for a friend wanting an 1/8 mile old school dragbike based on something 'unusual' (non RDe350/400,in other words). It's a combination of CB160 chassis,Kawa A7 350 mill,T200 front end,Yam DT rear,T125 tank,etc.,a real parts bin concoction . New internal parts were a real challenge, with zero performance pieces available (now or back then). All in all,a fun bike to build.... Best regards,

I love this bike..

Reader Ride. A hopped up Yamaha YDS3

You sure don't see too many of these.  Really cool build!  Thanks to Nicholas

Funky H2/Gsxr hybrid/morph

Thanks to Alan for the pics

It's different..

Yes I suck and posts have been very light...

...and now I'm on vacation for the holiday.  I'll pick it up after I get back and am hopefully better rested.  Please feel free to brows the blog and search for whatever interests you.  LOTS of good stuff in there.  See you Monday!

sorry been slammed. In the mean time, go check this out..

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2011/motogp/laguna/yamaha/index.htm

Totally amazing RZ

Look closely.  That's NOT an anniversary R1.

Beautifil NOS injected H2

Holy Shit!  Outside the fact that it's already a stunning bike visually I can't imagine riding this on the street without wheelie bars. Just fantastic!  Congrats to 10 sec H2.  Found this over on this thread:  http://kawi2strokes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1496

Clean RZ!

One hell of a sweet RD400

Congrats to Damon on such a sweet ride!